A magnificent 300ac estate complete with a large castle and a beautiful period house is on the market at Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary.

Killaleigh Castle and Sopwell Hall are for sale from Lisney Sotheby’s with a guide price of excess of €7m.The location is in the triangle between Birr, Roscrea and Nenagh with Borrisokane 8km away.

About two-thirds of the land is good quality parkland grazing and one-third is in woodland. The grazing land is currently rented out to Gurteen Agricultural College.

Perimeter woodland on the estate creates a great sense of privacy and seclusion. The house and castle are centrally positioned on the land.

Killaleigh Castle is relatively intact.

The castle was built by the Gaelic MacEgan clan c1590 and remains relatively intact.

Behind it there is a large walled enclosure which also contains the 1,400 sq ft Bailiff’s House plus a fine range of cut-stone outbuildings which are another 5,812 sq ft in area.

Sopwell Hall is an early Georgian, Irish country house. It is 14,235 sq ft in area and has five main reception rooms and 10 bedrooms.

Other rooms include a games room, study, wine cellar, laundry and staff quarters. The reception hall and main stairs are notable. The hall is lined with fluted Doric pilasters and divided by a screen of arches.

The imposing front hall.

One of the 10 bedrooms.

The dining room - one of five main reception rooms.

The broad carved staircase leads to a large landing on the first floor.

There are six matching scagliola sienna marble columns and a large, perfectly proportioned domed ceiling, with a glazed atrium.

The house has all expected period features. The large windows make the interior of the house bright.

There are a number of gate lodges and staff houses on the estate.